Tag: Psalms

Melchizedek and Christ in Hebrews 7: A Typology

June 18, 2014

The name “Melchizedek” conjures cloudy images, if anything at all. He is a figure who has a brief role in the narrative of Genesis 14, where Abraham encounters him after the patriarch’s rescue of his nephew Lot. As suddenly as Melchizedek arrives on the scene, he is gone again. Anyone reading the Bible could look … More Melchizedek and Christ in Hebrews 7: A Typology

Ash Wednesday

March 4, 2014

Today is a special day for my friends in the high church traditions – it is Ash Wednesday. As a Southern Baptist, I do not observe this day like my friends who are of a ‘high church’ tradition. I can appreciate it in certain ways, however. If you are like me, in that you do … More Ash Wednesday